LATE NORTHERN NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 1658, 23 January 1871, Page 3

LATE NORTHERN NEWS.

(BY SPECIAL DESPATCH,)

(PHR GRFA'IILE's TXr.FC.RAM COMPANY RF.CTr.R's AfllvST'O

Auckland, Jan 4,

A proclamation was issued by the lion. D. M'Lcan, on the 14th December to the effect that the Government .vere do g all they could to pres< rye peace wh. n the nvrderofMr Todd took place, and that they demanded the murd< rers so a* to prevent 'he many suffering for tl>e few.

On the 27th December, Rcwi Te Kiorc, the local magnate at the Thimes. stopped the road making. Thompson, son of the great ch ; ef of that name, arrived ; t the Thames ■ n the :ird instant, en route-for Auckland, to try and arrange -about the murder ofTodd. He says he will use his influence to have l!ie murderers delivered up to justice, and that the King natives will not fight unless first attacked by the pakeba. The bazaar in aid of All Saints Church was opened on the 29th, and was very successful.

A pigeon match took place on December 29, at One Tree Hill, between the officers $ \Yf P^Vtea antj the Hanjlejr Gun Club,

The dny was veiy boisterous, owing to which fact all the officers from th? Galatea could not land, but 11.11.11. was allowed to select two gentlemen to fill up the vacancies. The Duke's team won. Capt. Machel made .top score often, and 11. R.H. next of nine.

Mr James Prcece, v missionary of fortytwo years standing, died at Coromundel on Christmas Day, the thirty-seventh anniversary of his residence in that district. The case of Oiford versus the Hokiangn Magistrates (Mcs-rs Williams and Von Stunner), in the Supreme Court, came to a conclusion on the 29th December, when the plaintiff received a verdict of £200 and costs.

The Caledonian games on the Ist and 2nd passed off very successfully.

A^kxandra, Wednesday, 9 a.m.

News has just been received that a large party of armed natives is *aid to have been seen by HettTapiana within a few miles of this place. Friendly natives say they told them they intended to light a fire at Alexandra. Great excitement prevails, and the settlers are mustering.

1u.15 a.m. The natives are now at Maungamaire, six miles from here, cooking breakfast. They have expressed a determination never to return to Kawhia. Some left for Kuiti for consent and re-inforcements. They are erecting a pah. Onty about sixty are there at present.